The President, during a war or national emergency, may suspend any provision of the preceding sections of this chapter. Such a suspension may not continue beyond September 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the war or national emergency ends.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 312, § 5451; Pub. L. 94–273, § 2(3), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(22), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(21), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473; renumbered § 8103, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)